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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000050.txt from 2003/02

From: Arthur Grossman <artg@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] bassoons and Antero Ojanto
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 19:56:57 -0500

My point exactly!! I told Wolf that I would do my utmost to sound the
same on all of them, and his idea would not work( to show the differences
in the woods). I play on birdseye maple. Mountain maple, or curly maple
is the same as used on Heckel and Fox, etc.

Arthur Grossman, Professor Emeritus
Bassoon, Heckelphone and Contrabassoon
School of Music
Box 353450
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3450

On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, herb fawcett wrote:

> We might have noticed if you did it on a Buffet. BTW, recordings have a way
> of masking many things, and I am not sure I hear the same differences you
> would expect between the different woods on that recording you cite. You do
> sound a bit more facile on the instrument you use regularly, which I think I
> understand to be the curly maple.
> Herb
>
> > From: Arthur Grossman <artg@-----.edu>
> > Reply-To: doublereed-l@-----.edu
> > Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 07:55:10 -0800 (PST)
> > To: double reed <doublereed-l@-----.edu>
> > Subject: [DR-L] bassoons and Antero Ojanto
> >
> > In support of Antero's position, I am going to reveal something which I
> > have not revealed before, and which is quite unusual. Several years ago I
> > made a recording on my Wolf bassoon. When it came time to assemble all
> > the pieces for production, it turned out that four bars had to be
> > re-recorded. My Wolf was at the factory for an adjustment, so I recorded
> > those four bars on my Heckel. No-one has noticed any difference.
> >
> >
> > Arthur Grossman, Professor Emeritus
> > Bassoon, Heckelphone and Contrabassoon
> > School of Music
> > Box 353450
> > University of Washington
> > Seattle, WA 98195-3450
> >
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